In computing, Open Database Connectivity is a standard application programming interface for accessing database management systems. The designers of ODBC aimed to make it independent of database systems and operating systems. An application written using ODBC can be ported to other platforms, both on the client and server side, with few changes to the data access code. ODBC accomplishes DBMS independence by using an ODBC driver as a translation layer between the application and the DBMS. The app
The Opening Game. The XFL premiered on February 3, 2001âthe first Saturday after the Super Bowlâand it was an honest-to-goodness event. While they talked a big game about going head-to-head with the NFL, all Vince McMahon and co. really wanted to do was be an offseason complement to the biggest sports league in America.
The XFL, he said triumphantly, is going to be the Xtra Fun League.. When he made the announcement, there were no teams, no players, no rules, no stadiums, and no TV contract. The X in XFL didn't even stand for anythingâthe name Xtreme Football League was already taken. There was only McMahon, the towering force of personality who had inherited his father's regional wrestling federation and conquered the nation with the WWF.